Kit, v. t. [imp. Kitte.]
To cut. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Kit, n. [See Kitten.]
A kitten.
Kit fox Zool., a small burrowing fox (Vulpes velox), inhabiting the region of the Rocky Mountains. It is brownish gray, reddish on the breast and flanks, and white below. Called also swift fox.
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Kit, n. [Gf. AS. cytere harp, L. cithara. Cf. Guitar.]
A small violin.
"A dancing master's
kit."
Grew.
Prince Turveydrop then tinkled the strings of his kit with his fingers, and the young ladies stood up to dance.
Dickens.
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Kit, m. [Cf. D. kit a large bottle, OD. kitte beaker, decanter.]
1.
A large bottle.
2.
A wooden tub or pail, smaller at the top than at the bottom; as, a kit of butter, or of mackerel.
Wright.
3.
straw or rush basket for fish; also, any kind of basket.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
4.
A box for working implements; hence, a working outfit, as of a workman, a soldier, and the like.
5.
A group of separate parts, things, or individuals; -- used with whole, and generally contemptuously; as, the whole kit of them.
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